Coinfection of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus in HIV-infected patients in south India

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2007; 13(37): 5015-5020
Published online Oct 7, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i37.5015

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of HIV and hepatitis coinfected patients

Groups	Total	Age	Sex		Probable route of transmission				Mean CD4 counts(cells/mm³)	CDC status
Groups	Total	Age	Male	Female	Sexual	IVDs	Blood	Not known	Mean CD4 counts(cells/mm³)	A	B	C
HIV alone	444	36 ± 9	298	146	320	35	41	48
									334 ± 199¹	26¹	17¹	20¹
HIV + HBV	45	32 ± 6	39	6	35	-	2	8	294 ± 173²
										4²	19²	17²
HIV + HCV	11	38 ± 8	9	2	4	3	3	1	231 ± 104	1	3	7

CDC: Centre for Disease Control; IVD: Intra-venous drug users.

¹Based on the available clinical data, only 63 out of the total 444 HIV alone infected patients could be classified and

²only 40 out of the total 45 HIV/HBV coinfected could be classified.

Citation: Saravanan S, Velu V, Kumarasamy N, Nandakumar S, Murugavel KG, Balakrishnan P, Suniti S, Thyagarajan SP. Coinfection of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus in HIV-infected patients in south India. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13(37): 5015-5020
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i37/5015.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v13.i37.5015